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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1M3
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
President Johnson: To the People of the United States
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Weeping Solon Denies
Conflict of Interest
WASHINGTON (UPI) - With
tears streaming down bis face,
Rep. John W. Byrnes stood be
fore bis colleagues Thursday to
"swear before my God and this
Mouse" that no conflict of in
terest was involved in his deal
ings with a Milwaukee insur
ance company.
At the end of his speech, his
colleagues, some visibly
touchedstood and applauded.
The Wisconsin Republican, a
potential favorite son presiden
. tial candidate in his . native
state, said he would sell the in
i surance company stock he
owned arid give the profits
; estimated elsewhere, at about
j $25,000 to charity.
j Irreparably Damaged
He categorically denied "any
' unethical conduct or . . . any
: conflict of interest" in his deal.
i ings with Mortgage Guaranty
i Insurance Co. of Milwaukee. He
said he had been "prosecuted,
judged and hung by powerful
parts of the public press," his
! character and reputation "per
haps Irreparably damaged" be
cause of the incident.
The galleries and the House
: were hushed as Brynes, his
i voice choked with emotion and
; his eyes brimming with tears,
detailed how and, why ho in
1 vested $2,300 in the stock of the
: insurance firm, which was
linked to the investigation of
former Senate official Robert
; G. (Bobby) Baker.
1 Halleck Defends Byrnes
i House GOP Leader Rep.
Charles A. Halleck, R Ind.,
strongly defended Byrnes as
"one of the ablest, decent mem
bers on either (the Republican
or Democratic) side."
"I have complete confidence
in his integrity, Halleck said.
Brynes said he helped Mort
gage Guaranty solve a tax
problem which he said threat
ened to drive it out of business.
He said the intercession in
the tax matter was undertaken
as part of his duty as a con
gressmen and in the interests
of fair administration of tax
law. He said his purchase of
the stock was as a result of ad
vice from Paul Rogan that it
would be a good investment.
Rogan Is a former Wisconsin
insurance commissioner and an
official of the company.
I state categorically that I
had no understanding, expecta
tion or desire for any reward
or favor of any kind for my
participation in the (tax) case,"
he said.
Will Sell Shares
Byrnes said he knew that he
would be criticized now wheth
er he sold or kept the stock,
but he has decided to divest
himself of all his shares in the
company and keep only the
money. Involved in his original
investment.
I will donate the remainder
to Scholarships, Inc., of Green
Bay, Wis., a charitable organi
zation which provides higher
education for- deserving stu
dents in my hometown who
could not otherwise afford to
go to college," he said.
bumming up his personal fi
nances, Byrnes said he owned
no other stocks or bonds, had
no outside connections or finan
cial interests, no savings ac
counts and a few thousand dol
lars in checking accounts. .
Two Injured in
Three Accidents
Richard Melvin La Fleur, 17,
of 505 Edwards St., was slightly
injured Saturday when the car
in which he was riding collided
with the center guard rail, on
Interstate 5 in Medford, city
police report.
The driver. David William
Stratton, 804 Bennett St., was
cited by police for violation, of
basic rule. ,
Josephine Marie Sleight, 68,
of 117 Tripp St., was slightly in
jured Friday in a two car col
lision at 12th Street and River
side Avenue. She was treated
by a private physician.
She was a passenger in a car
driven by Joan Rector Kounz.
805 Taylor St., which collided
with one driven by Richard
Arthur Cox, Minneapolis, Minn.
Cox was cited by Medford police
tor detective praxes,
A two-car collision Saturday
at West Main and Fir Streets
resulted in no injuries. The
cars driven by Joseph James
McCallister, 3259 Bellinger Lane,
and by Margaret P. Turner,
White City, collided. No cita
tions were Issued.
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WASHINGTON (UPI) Following is the
text of. President Johnson's proclamation :
To the People of the United States:
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President
of the United States, has been taken from us
by an act which outrages decent men every
where. He upheld the faith of our fathers,, which
is freedom for all men. He broadened the
frontiers of that faith, and backed it with
energy and courage which are the mark of
the nation he led.
A man of wisdom, strength and peace, he
moulded and moved the power of our nation
in the service of a world of growing liberty
and order. All who love freedom will mourn
his death.
As he did not shrink from his responsi
bilities, but welcomed them, so he would not
have us shrink from carrying on his work
beyond this hour of national tragedy.
.He said it himself: "The energy, the faith,
the devotion which we bring to this endeavor
will light our country and all who serve it
and the glow from that fire can truly light
the world."
Now, therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson,
President of the United States of America,
do appoint Monday next, Nov. 25, the day of
the funeral service of President Kennedy, to
be ; a national day of mourning throughout
the United States. I earnestly recommend the
people to assemble on that day in their re
spective places of Divine worship, there to
bow down in submission to the will of Al
mighty God, and to pay their homage of love
and reverence to the memory of a great and
good man. I invite the people of the world
who share our grief to join us in this day of
mourning and rededication.
Waltonian Critical
Of Fish Commission
SALEM (UPI) -Allen Kelly,
president of the Oregon Izaak
Walton League, Thursday criti
cized the State Fish Commission
for voicing opposition to the
plan to bar the state's inland
waters including the Columbia
River to commercial fiishing.
Kelly also is president of have
Our Salmon and Steelhead, Inc.,
which is spearheading a drive to
place the commercial ban fish
ing measure on ine oauoi next
year.
Keliy praised tne state uame
Commission for remaining neu
tral and admonished it to "keep
straddling the fence." He said
the Izaak Walton League was
not out of character in backing
the Initiative movement. He said
"it is our job to protect the sport
fishery. This resource is in
Jeopardy."
More than 200 persons attend
ed a public hearing on the con
troversial issue nere tociay.
At a meeting in September,
Fish Commission biologists said
eliminating commercial fishing
In the Inland waters would not
benefit tha fish population. At
that time Game Commission
spokesmen refused to take a
stand on the isue.
Initiative Measure
Gov. Mark Hatfield then crit
icized the Game Commission for
not making recommendations.
Hatfield said Thursday "our re
sponsibility is clear for the de
velopment of information rela
tive to the Initiative measure
and to make recommendations
based upon such information."
Kelly said that promotional
material now being circulated
by opponents of the initiative,
Salmon for All, Inc., declared
the Fish Commission had voiced
"strong opposition" to (he Initi
ative. He said, "We are con
cerned and deeply disturbed
that the Fish Commission's
stand is being used by opponents."
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In Patent Suit
PORTLAND (UPI) Georgia
Pacific Corp. is the defendant
in a patent infringement suit
filed in U. S. District Court here
by Clupak, Inc., of New York.
Clupak's complaint charged
Georgia-Pacific with infringing
on a patent by making and sell
ing extensible paper, a product
with a built-in stretch that re
sists rips, tears and punctures.
The complaint asks for in
junction against the alleged in
fringement, an accounting and
judgment for profits, triple dam
ages and attorneys' fees.
Public Hearing Set
On Conditional Use
A public hearing to consider
a conditional use permit to al
low a trailer house in the South
Talent Interim Zoned area will
be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the
conference room of the Jackson
County Planning Commission in
the courthouse.
The hearing was called by the
Board of Adjustment of the
commission.
Seeking the conditional use
permit is Le Roy W. Adams,
who wishes to park the trailer
on the property approximately
600 (eet southwest of the inter
section of Creel Road and Old
Pacilic Highway during the con
struction of a house on the,land.
Education Costs Are Discussed
County School Supt. Alf B.
Mekvold explained local and
state taxation as related to the
cost of education when the
Jackson County Property Own
ers Rental Association met re
cently in the Medford High
School.
Local property taxes support
two-thirds of Oregon schools'
costs, he said. Before 1940
most school support was from
local funds. Property taxes were
the original source of these
funds and still contribute two
thirds of Oregon school costs.
The property tax was stabilized
in 1947 when Oregonians voted
to give back $50 to the individ
ual toward education. The
school support fund was raised
in 1951 to $80 by a vole of the
people.
Mekvold pointed out there is
a need now for additional
sources of revenue to support
education. It is unfair to prop
erty owners to carry such a
large percentage of the cost,
Mekvold admitted, A working
man may have several children
in school and pay no property
tax or a very small property
tax. Yet the property owners
are paying the greatest per cent
of the cost for educating all
children, he noted.
Sales and cigarette taxes
could give a fairer distribution
of taxation and would stabilize
the property tax load, the coun
ty school superintendent said.
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